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    Which republic has the name of a rebel (or liberator depending which side you were on!) in its official name (but, of course, most people don't use that form of the name)?

    Question #56289. Asked by Baloo55th. (Mar 30 05 12:20 PM)


    Flem-ish

    		Bolivia after Simon Bolivar?

    Mar 30 05, 12:46 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Nice try - but not nearly so obvious.... This is the official name (in English, that is) I'm after, not what everyone and his dog calls the place.

    Mar 30 05, 12:54 PM
    Flynn_17

    		Now, the only ones I can think of are:

    Laos - the Lao were a rebel group
    Jordan - I don't know what Hashemite means
    Greece - Hellenic, where I work, but I don't know its origins.
    Libya - Jamahiriya, anyone?
    Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    My money is on either Laos or Venezuela.

    Mar 30 05, 12:58 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Jamahirya means republic (basically), Jordan is a kingdom so doesn't come into it anyway, Laos is what we call it - but a YaY for Flynn for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Flem-ish got the right person, but the wrong republic. Incidentally, Venezuela used to be Los Estados Unidos de Venezuela - The United States of Venezuela...

    Mar 30 05, 1:08 PM
    Flynn_17

    		Just in response to Laos. We call it Lao, but their official name is 'Lao People's Democratic Republic'. So... it's basically the country that belongs to the rebels.

    And regarding the YaY. Yay!

    Mar 30 05, 1:13 PM

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